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Which is more difficult, to awaken one who sleeps or to awaken one who, awake, dreams that he is awake?

Which is more difficult, to awaken one who sleeps or to awaken one who, awake, dreams that he is awake?

Soren Kierkegaard
Dream, Sleep, Difficult

Sleeping is the height of genius

Soren Kierkegaard
Sleep, Genius, Height
Soren Kierkegaard (2004). “Either/Or: A Fragment of Life”, p.42, Penguin UK

I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep, for that would be a pity, for sleeping is the highest accomplishment of genius.

Soren Kierkegaard
Dream, Sleep, Insomnia
Soren Kierkegaard (1959). “Either/ Or”

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